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H.R. 823, The Hate Crime Statistics Improvement Act of 2009 (1 comment ↓ | 3 wiki edits: view article ↓)

H.R. 823 would amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to require the Attorney General to acquire data about crimes that manifest evidence of prejudice based on gender.

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Marie Blacksher

March 19, 2009, 1:06pm (report abuse)

I think the bill is a good thing. It serves as a barrier that the "haters", or mysogyanists can't cross. It does, however, need to be stricter. Just because you think calling a woman a "brod" dosen't mean you are abolishing their right to live w/o gender-related interfernce, you are.

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